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Yarnacott Devon Map

Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: North Devon · Region: South West

Explore Yarnacott, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Yarnacott map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Yarnacott, Devon, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceYarnacott
Traditional CountyDevon
District / BoroughNorth Devon
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.057192
Longitude-3.967360
Place TypeHamlet

About Yarnacott

Yarnacott emerges from the North Devon landscape as a collection of quiet, resilient homesteads defined by the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding farmland. It lies 4.3 miles east-south-east of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 113°T, OS grid SS 622 304), and is situated north-north-east of Swimbridge village. The terrain here is shaped by the subtle rise and fall of the earth, where the moisture of the Yarnacott Stream provides a constant, low-frequency hum to the rural air. To the north-west, the earth bears the faint, grass-covered indentations of the Deserted Medieval Village At Welcombe Farm, marking a ghost of habitation that vanished centuries ago. The light in this corner of Devon often adopts a bruised, heavy quality, casting long shadows across the fields that seem to hold the memory of past winters. Cattle graze with a rhythmic indifference on the higher ground, while the persistent wind carries the scent of damp soil and ancient, unworked stone. Yarnacott maintains a stoic character, indifferent to the encroaching pace of the modern world, as if the land itself demands a deliberate, measured pace of life. Those who traverse the narrow lanes find that the horizon is never truly flat, but rather a series of soft, rolling interruptions that hide the hamlet until one is almost upon it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Deserted Medieval Village At Welcombe Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 316° NW · 4 ha
  • Yarnacott Stream (River) — 1.1 mi, 285° WNW
  • Hearson Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 234° SW
  • Great Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 118° ESE
  • Millennium Green (Park) — 1.4 mi, 286° WNW
  • Halford Stream (River) — 1.4 mi, 280° W
  • Landkey Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 286° WNW
  • Accott Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 2.0 mi, 054° NE
  • High Down Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 116° ESE · 2 ha
  • Heddon Bottom (Valley) — 2.5 mi, 118° ESE
  • Bowl Barrow At Codden Beacon (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 254° WSW
  • Cobbaton Combat Museum (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 190° S
  • Cider House (Historic Ruins) — 2.7 mi, 210° SSW
  • Fishpond In Lower Beer Wood, Castle Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 107° ESE
  • Castle Hill (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 3.1 mi, 109° ESE · 17k acres
  • Sham Castle (Castle) — 3.3 mi, 108° ESE
  • Taw Valley (Viewpoint) — 3.4 mi, 257° WSW
  • Triumphal Arch (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 122° ESE
  • Sowden Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 296° WNW
  • Yeo Valley Community Woodland (Park) — 3.6 mi, 303° WNW
  • Park Gate Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.1 mi, 261° W
  • Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 290° WNW
  • Tawstock Castle (Castle) — 4.2 mi, 271° W
  • St Anne's Chapel (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 292° WNW
  • Queens Theatre (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 292° WNW
  • Scott Cinemas Barnstaple (Cinema) — 4.3 mi, 291° WNW
  • Youlston Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.7 mi, 332° NNW · 63 ha
  • Lower Molland Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 5.4 mi, 064° ENE
  • Arlington Court (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 5.5 mi, 350° N · 188 ha
  • Ruined Tractor (Historic Ruins) — 5.9 mi, 004° N

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About This Yarnacott Map Page

Explore Yarnacott, Devon, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.057192, -3.967360. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.